Re: The Ron Swanson appreciation thread

soooo....
i tried watching season 1 of this show several times, but i just couldn't get into it. A few days ago i skipped ahead and started watching season 2. Holy Shit! it is soo damn funny! is it general knowledge that season 1 is garbage? i can't get over how much funnier season 2 is.

Re: The Ron Swanson appreciation thread

I wasn't that impressed with Season 1 either. It's fairly obvious that there was a ton of retooling done before Season 2 and it has paid off well. Getting rid of Mark Brandanowitz was one of the best decisions made.

Re: The Ron Swanson appreciation thread

Originally Posted by LickTheLizzard

soooo....
i tried watching season 1 of this show several times, but i just couldn't get into it. A few days ago i skipped ahead and started watching season 2. Holy Shit! it is soo damn funny! is it general knowledge that season 1 is garbage? i can't get over how much funnier season 2 is.

Season 1 is what hooked me, but the show has become progressively better each week it seems.

Even Jean Ralphio is starting to grow on me as a character. He's a big enough douche to the point where it's really funny to me now.

Re: The Ron Swanson appreciation thread

Originally Posted by LickTheLizzard

soooo....
i tried watching season 1 of this show several times, but i just couldn't get into it. A few days ago i skipped ahead and started watching season 2. Holy Shit! it is soo damn funny! is it general knowledge that season 1 is garbage? i can't get over how much funnier season 2 is.

Nah, I don't think anymore than any other show. Most good comedy shows are awkward right out the gate. I mean, look at the first half of the first season of the Office, Arrested Development, etc.

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I didn't have a problem with Mark Brandanowitz, but I felt they didn't need his character. He was kind of boring. A bit too normal, compared to everyone else.
(Very) nice to look at, but not much going on, storywise.

Originally Posted by stinkbutt

I know it's hard, but try not to turn into GPS. It is just unfortunate for us all.

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Originally Posted by HunterGather

I didn't have a problem with Mark Brandanowitz, but I felt they didn't need his character. He was kind of boring. A bit too normal, compared to everyone else.
(Very) nice to look at, but not much going on, storywise.

I didn't understand why HIS character was the one that got women. That part of the story line seemed the least believable.

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Well they had Mark Brandanowitz there to establish a love interest with Leslie that was just unbelievable. He fell really flat as a character. Then they tried to work in a potential love triangle with Anne/Mark/Leslie that also didn't seem to have any momentum in terms of plot development. In season 2 you see the show start to become more of an ensemble cast, and the little quirks of everyone start to come out (like making fun of Jerry, etc). It's also obvious that they don't really know what to do with Anne Perkins, but they need her to play as Leslie's double (the Ethel to Leslie's Lucy, I guess)....so they've conveniently set her up with a part time job at the government? Silly.

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quality of the show is directly proportional to the depth of April's character.
Aubrey Plaza fucking rules.

The turkey burger challenge episode where Chris and Ron took Andy and April shopping was fucking priceless. Chris limiting the number of toys Andy could buy while Ron let April buy as many crow figures as she wanted. Awesome.

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I feel like April and Andy should have a kid in a few seasons. In the sense that I don't want either of them ever to "grow up" and seeing April eat like bucketloads of pretzels or somethings and nothing else while she is pregnant while Leslie freaks the fuck out and throws her a baby shower and tries to hover-mother their child and shit would just be comedic gold.